(2461) Clavel

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Asteroid
(2461) Clavel
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.1826 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.1673 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 2.6501 ± 0.0012 AU - 3.7151 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.5098 ± 0.0377 °
Length of the ascending node 116.0353 ± 0.0001 °
Argument of the periapsis 231.8351 ± 0.0001 °
Time of passage of the perihelion January 28, 2018
Sidereal period 5.68 a ± 0.144 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 25.943 ± 0.282 km
Albedo 0.060 ± 0.006
Rotation period 5.238 h
Absolute brightness 11.7 mag
history
Explorer BelgiumBelgium Henri Debehogne
Date of discovery 2nd November 1975
Another name 1981 EC 1 ; 1955 SN 2 ; 1955 UJ; 1955 VG; 1972 TH 9 ; 1976 JM 1 ; 1978 AT 2
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(2461) Clavel ( 1981 EC 1 ; 1955 SN 2 ; 1955 UJ ; 1955 VG ; 1972 TH 9 ; 1976 JM 1 ; 1978 UM 2 ) is an approximately 26-kilometer asteroid of the outer main belt that was removed on November 2, 1975 from the Belgian Astronomer Henri Debehogne at the La Silla Observatory on which La Silla was discovered in La Higuera in Chile ( IAU code 809).

designation

(2461) Clavel was named after Gustavine Clavel on the occasion of her 100th birthday on April 13, 1991 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on August 12, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1981 EC 1 . Discovered 1981 Mar. 5 by H. Debehogne and G. DeSanctis at La Silla. "